WWE SmackDown below one million viewers for second straight week
Last Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 968,000 viewers on the USA Network, down 2.2% from the previous week. It’s the second lowest audience the show has done since moving back to the network in 2024.
SmackDown averaged a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo. The show finished second on the cable charts, trailing an NBA game on ESPN that averaged a 0.35 rating. They were also head to head with a college basketball game on FOX that averaged a 0.72 rating.
They were down 19.2% from the prior week and it was the lowest rating for the show in that category since Halloween night last year.
As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using their previous ratings reporting method, the overall viewership was down 31% while the 18-49 rating was down 50%.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE SmackDown on the USA Network as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’ s show was down 14% in overall viewers and 19.2% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
| Date | 18-49 | Total viewers |
| 11/7/2025 | 0.26 | 1,141,000 |
| 11/14/2025 | 0.27 | 1,158,000 |
| 11/21/2025 | 0.29 | 1,210,000 |
| 11/28/2025 | 0.28 | 1,142,000 |
| 12/5/2025 | 0.24 | 1,063,000 |
| 12/12/2025 | 0.26 | 1,240,000 |
| 12/19/2025 | 0.21 | 995,000 |
| 12/26/2025 | 0.27 | 1,138,000 |
| 1/2/2026 | 0.28 | 1,175,000 |
| 1/9/2026 | 0.26 | 990,000 |
| 1/16/2026 | 0.21 | 968,000 |
| 10 week average | 0.26 | 1,125,200 |
